name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lawman
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: lômăn
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UK: lômən
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UK: /ˈlɔːmæn/
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UK: /ˈlɔːmən/
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US: lômăn
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US: lômən
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US: /ˈlɔmæn/
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US: /ˈlɔmən/
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rhymes with -ɔːmən
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CMU ARPABET: L AO1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lawspeaker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lageman, lagman
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The presiding justice of the supreme court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Orkney, Shetland
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lawman-general, lagman
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A man of the law: a lawyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attorney, counsel, abogado, advocate, avocat, counselor, latitat, lawman, lawyer, legal representative, limb of the law, man of law
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bobby, cop, 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler, blue meanie, body snatcher, bogey, boy in blue, bull, bullyman, buttons, centenier, charpering omi, chazzer, cobbler, copper, cozzer, cracker, crusher, crowns, dibble, fed, filth, finest, finger, five-o, flatfoot, flatty, fuzz, garda, gendarme, glowie, guardian of the peace, harman, harman-beck, Inspector Knacker, jack, jackboot, jake, John Law, John Q. Law, Johnny Hopper, lawman, mee-maw, monarch, Mr Plod, mutton shunter, nuthook, oinker, Officer Friendly, Old Bill, one-time, PC Plod, pig, piggy, peeler, plod, police, police officer, policeman, policeperson, polis, po-po, raw lobster, roller, rozzer, scufter, slop, swine, statie, twelve, tyre biter, unboiled lobster, walloper, wooden-top
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
an officer of the law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: law officer, peace officer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defender, guardian, protector, shielder
Narrower terms: attorney general, border patrolman, constable, deputy, deputy sheriff, flatfoot, patrolman, prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey, lieutenant, police lieutenant, marshal, marshall, military policeman, MP, narc, nark, narcotics agent, policeman, police officer, officer, police sergeant, sergeant, sheriff, solicitor general, Texas Ranger, Ranger, warden, warder
History
Etymology
From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, borrowed from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law + -man.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Old Frisian: āsega — a lawspeaker
- Old High German: ēwasago — a lawspeaker
- Latin: lagemannus — a lawspeaker
- Old Saxon: ēosago — a lawspeaker
- Latin: lagemannus — a medieval Dano-English magistrate
- French: homme de loi — an officer of the law
- Polish: stróż prawa — an officer of the law
- Russian: представи́тель зако́на (predstavítelʹ zakóna) — an officer of the law
- Russian: суде́бный исполни́тель (sudébnyj ispolnítelʹ) — an officer of the law